Phil Kessel, James van Riemsdyk and James Reimer make the penthouse, Jake Gardiner is in the doghouse.

Thanks to a 5-2 win Tuesday night over Colorado, the Maple Leafs have six wins in a row. They’ve won back-to-back on the road. They have a winning record against the (supposedly) tougher Western Conference.

And they’re beating up Olympic goalies in the process. In order: Tuukka Rask (Boston/Finland), Ryan Miller (Buffalo/USA), Carey Price (Montreal/Canada), Mike Smith (Phoenix/Canada) and Semyon Varlamov (Colorado/Russia), all done in by Toronto snipers on this streak.

Those snipers — Phil Kessel and James van Riemsdyk — are in the penthouse alongside goalie James Reimer. In the doghouse is defenceman Jake Gardiner, with one of those weird lazy giveaways.

PENTHOUSE: Kessel had two goals on eight shots against the Avalanche and has 14 points in his last seven games. Van Riemsdyk had a goal and an assist and is almost as hot as his Team USA linemate. Reimer was simply outstanding in a rare start, stopping 35 of 37 shots and keeping the Avs at bay during onslaughts to start and finish the game.

DOGHOUSE: What was Gardiner thinking? The Leafs were up 4-1 early in the third. He had a clear route with the puck to the blue line. Could have just dumped it over to get it out. Instead, he pulled a spin-o-rama, and blindly backhanded the puck … straight to Max Talbot, who passed to rookie Nathan MacKinnon, who cut the Leafs’ lead in half.

That gave the Avs life and, well, the Leafs do always make things interesting. No third-period lead is safe. But this time, thanks to Reimer and an empty-netter from Jay McClement, Toronto walked away with the win.

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